Do you know of Mystic ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Mystic. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Mystic.
Our sources for Mystic (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Mystic other than they indicate that Mystic would be found somewhere in Erie County, Pennsylvania.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1889 and closed in 1902.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Mystic ...
We found thirteen communities that share the name Mystic.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Mystic is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Nevada County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Mystic [Nevada County].
- Colorado
- Routt County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Mystic [Routt County].
- Connecticut
- New London County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Mystic [New London County].
- Georgia
- Irwin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Mystic [Irwin County].
- Iowa
- Appanoose County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Mystic [Appanoose County].
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Breckinridge County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Mystic [Breckinridge County].
- Louisiana
- Beauregard Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Mystic [Beauregard Parish].
- Calcasieu Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Mystic [Calcasieu Parish].
- Massachusetts
- Middlesex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Mystic [Middlesex County].
- Missouri
- Sullivan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Mystic [Sullivan County].
- Quebec
- Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Mystic.
- South Dakota
- Pennington County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Mystic [Pennington County].
- California
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Mystic ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Mystic:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Mystic - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Mystic.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 42/52528 (Place Name: Mystic)
County: Erie (FIPS State/County: 42/049)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Mystic) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Erie County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Erie County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Mystic could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |